Shandon Armstrong

“It resembled a plan in the way that a heavy rock resembles a parachute: it gives you something to hold onto on the way to your doom, but it’s almost certainly not going to help.”
― D.M. Sinclair, A Hundred Billion Ghosts

“People rarely change their opinions when they’re argued with. They only tend to listen to the voices of those they already agree with.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glow

“He knew how to look at people in a way that made them feel slightly insecure. The Arnetts all had faces that gave them the impression of being intelligent. This impression allowed them to move ahead in politics. Although Philip wasn’t especially smart, his lack of intelligence made him bitter, and that bitterness could come across as a superior sort of cleverness.”
― Heather O'Neill, When We Lost Our Heads

“You know what happens when all of your dreams come true? Nothing. I realized a very simple truth: that success, fame, having all my dreams come true would not fix or improve me, it wasn’t an instant potion for personal growth.”
― Shonda Rhimes, Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person